Today, we want to try something new - giving some recognition to the best operators building these startups behind the scenes. Shout out your favorite colleagues and operators here, and we’ll highlight a few top-voted people in the next newsletter!
Get on the ground floor with the founding team of a pre-seed or seed-stage startup.
Charlie Nitschelm (prev SpaceX) and Trevor O’Leary (prev Tesla) just came out of stealth with $7M for Uplift to rethink how homes get built. They’re on a mission to design self-contained housing that can be manufactured at scale and deployed wherever needed. They’re building out the team in Austin across mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing engineering. Apply here!
Charlie Nitschelm@cnitschelm
We are launching Uplift, backed by a $7M seed led by @a16z. We build homes the way cars are built: on a production line. 250 years ago Adam Smith wrote that lodging couldn't travel. A coat is made in one place and worn in another. A home never has. He was right for 250 years.
2:00 PM · Aug 13, 2026 · 7.56K Views
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Carly Malatskey (Stanford alum, former engineer and investor) is building Joey, an AI dating matchmaker that gets to know you over the phone before making thoughtful introductions. There’s no app - just a phone number! She’s hiring a Founding Engineer to ship new features and advance the platform’s reliability, scalability, and maintainability. DM Carly if you’re interested.
Freia Lobo and Jackie Luo just came out of stealth with sigil - a “new way to write for work.” They’re hiring a Founding Engineer (SF / NYC) to build a new docs workspace for people who write to think, but still want AI to fill in the rest. Apply here!
jackie luo@jackiehluo
introducing sigil. it's a new way to write for work that gives you the power of machine intelligence while putting your words and ideas first. here's why we think that matters. sigil.so
4:05 PM · Aug 13, 2026 · 26.2K Views
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Devi Jha is hiring a Founding Product Engineer at Cardinal - an application layer company that builds revenue agents for GTM teams. If you’re interested, DM Devi or Jianna Liu, or email team@trycardinal.com.
Jianna Liu@jianna_liu
As products get faster to build, go-to-market becomes the advantage. The teams that experiment, iterate, and discover new ways to sell will win. Today, we're launching Cardinal - the AI Revenue Platform where companies like Deepgram, Giga, and Mintlify design how they sell.
4:00 PM · Jul 30, 2026 · 44.5K Views
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Michael Phillips Moskowitz (prev sold Bureau of Trade to eBay) is now building a new stealth startup in the construction industry. He’s hiring a Product Designer to help shape the product from the ground up. Apply here!
Colin Dunn (prev sold Visual Electric to Perplexity) is starting a new company and looking for founding team members. If you’re interested in connecting, DM him or say hello at cwd@superstructure.co.
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Accelerate the growth of a Series A, B, or C startup with early momentum.
Ari Malik (ex-Tesla) and Mukund Tibrewala (ex-Airtable) are building Salient to bring AI agents to loan servicing and other regulated financial workflows. They’re hiring for the Founder’s Office for up to $230K (SF) to sit alongside the CEO and work on messy problems across the business. Apply here!
Ambient.ai is hiring a VP, Revenue Operations for up to $240K (Redwood City) to build the systems that help its sales, marketing, and customer teams scale as Ambient brings AI to physical security. Apply here!
fal is hiring for Strategic Finance for up to $200K (SF) to build the financial models, systems, and reporting that help the company decide where to invest as it scales its generative media platform. Apply here!
Resend is hiring a Customer Success Engineer (Shifted Week: Tuesday–Saturday) for up to $140K to help developers reliably send the emails their products depend on. Apply here!
General Medicine (built by the founders of PillPack) is hiring a Product Manager, Consumer (SF) to make getting healthcare feel more like shopping online. You’ll own the consumer experience - from finding and pricing care, to booking visits and follow-up. Apply here!
PlanetScale is hiring a Head of Events for up to $250K (SF) to build its developer community IRL. You’ll own all events from hackathons and technical meetups to conferences, dinners, and unique excursions. Apply here!
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Join a growth-stage startup scaling to its next horizon.
Hadrian just raised $1.37B at a $7.87B valuation to accelerate its mission to re-industrialize America by building highly automated factories for defense and aerospace. They’re hiring a People Systems Product Manager for up to $210K (LA, Austin, SF Bay Area, or Seattle) to build the people systems and automations that help Hadrian’s workforce scale alongside its factories. Apply here!
Chris Power@2112Power
Hadrian is announcing our $1.37B Series D - watch below for a comprehensive update on our plans to reinvest billions to meet generational demand for Factories-as-a-service & Opus, our physical AI platform for factory autonomy — as well as full stack munitions production, advanced
Hadrian @HadrianInc
Today we're announcing our Series D: $1.37B in new capital at a $7.87B valuation to Reindustrialize America. Thank you to all our investors. WCM Investment Management, @WashingHarbour, Valor Equity Partners, @137ventures, and @BaillieGifford led the round. @jpmorgan Chase's
11:54 AM · Aug 6, 2026 · 288K Views
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OpenGov is hiring for a Director, Sales for up to $300K OTE (Atlanta) to lead a regional sales team bringing modern software and AI to cities, counties, and state agencies. Apply here!
Abridge is hiring for a Product Lead, AI/ML (Evals) for up to $290K (SF, hybrid) to help doctors spend less time on paperwork by turning patient conversations into clinical notes. You’ll lead how Abridge tests and measures its AI, partnering with the product and engineering team to ship new models. Apply here!
The a16z New Media team is hiring engineers, designers, marketers, and video/podcast producers. You’ll work closely with founders & startups to help them grow faster, either by building tools (eng & design) or via content (marketers & producers). Apply here! (PS – want to meet us first? Come by our SF HQ next week for a dinner and drinks event - RSVP here.)
By the way, you can now see the latest survey results on “Cosign.” New questions every day. See who’s getting cosigned here.
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